My practice reflects on the biological and cultural forces that shape symbiotic relations among living things. Guided by plant and animal morphology, I use clay to build sculptures that articulate and protect inner worlds. I explore themes of somatic awareness and habitation through constructing structures that reference caves, nests, and anatomical cavities. Integrating and juxtaposing ceramics with digital processes, I investigate experiences of scale and materiality--what it means to feel small in a vast network, how to live in a body that is home to many smaller worlds.—Rhea Barve
Rhea Barve received her BFA from New York University in 2022 with a concentration in ceramics and animation. Her work has been exhibited in New York at Smack Mellon, 80 WSE Gallery, 81 Leonard Gallery, and on Governors Island. Raised in Bengaluru, India, Barve currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
